The Dirty Dozen

About The Dirty Dozen

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.

Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film. Lee Marvin takes the lead as Maj. John Reisman, Ernest Borgnine as Maj. Gen. Worden, Charles Bronson as Joseph Wladislaw, and Jim Brown as Robert Jefferson.

At 149 minutes long, it arrived in June 1967. Written by Lukas Heller and Nunnally Johnson. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under shootout, soldier, explosion, and castle. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 1,376 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Die Hard 2, and Overlord make useful companions to The Dirty Dozen, all filed under behind enemy lines, mission, and nazi.